Available on 7" vinyl and digital release on Warrior Charge Records:
https://warriorcharge-records.bandcamp.com/

Anankè - Warrior Charge Records

"SWEET SENSIMILIA" OUT NOW!!
LINK: https://ampl.ink/sensimilia

Tracklist:
A1. Barrington Levy, O.B.F - Sweet Sensimilia
A2. Nazamba, Barrington Levy & O.B.F - The Herbs
B. O.B.F - Green Dub

EN.

Thompson Sound & Dubquake Records team up to offer modernised O.B.F versions of iconic roots and rubadub tracks from the last century. First released on the Jamaican singer and producer Linval Thompson's label, these tracks from the 70s and 80s have been reworked by Rico O.B.F himself. Each upcoming 12” will include a version with the original vocal, a dub version and a dub- poetry version by Nazamba.

After the release of "Curfew", here comes the second EP of this collaborative series: a fresh version of "Sensimelea" by the great Barrington Levy! A true anthem recorded in the early 80's at the legendary Channel One studios, first released on seminal album "Poorman Style" by a talented young Barrington Levy, then promised to a great career.

On "The Herbs" Rico O.B.F's late musical accomplice Nazamba rides along Barrington's vocals, adding his heartfelt verses. An ode to the cannabis flower and its therapeutic virtues, the “Sweet Sensimilia”.

FR.

Thompson Sound & Dubquake Records s’associent pour proposer des versions modernisées façon O.B.F de plusieurs tracks emblématiques sorties au siècle dernier sur le label du chanteur et producteur Jamaïcain Linval Thompson ; des tunes roots et rubadub issues des 70s et des 80s retravaillées à partir des pistes originales par Rico O.B.F lui-même. Sur chaque 12 inch les labels présentent une version avec le vocal original, une version dub et une version dub-poetry de Nazamba.

Après la sortie de « Curfew », voici donc le second maxi de cette série collaborative : une toute fraîche version du « Sensimelea » du grand Barrington Levy ! Un track « anthem » enregistré au tout début des années 80 au mythique Channel One studio. Un track disponible dans sa version originale sur le tout aussi mythique album « Poorman Style » d’un jeune Barrington Levy alors promis à une grande carrière.

Sur « The Herbs », le dub poet Nazamba, regretté complice de Rico O.B.F, relance le vocal de Barrington en ajoutant de nouveaux couplets bien sentis à cette ode à la fleur de cannabis et à ses vertus thérapeutiques. Thompson Sound & Dubquake Records font s’entrechoquer un acapella enregistré en Jamaïque il y a 50 ans avec un riddim retravaillé tout récemment au Dubquake Studio et le vocal d’un dub poet de renom enregistré il y a peu à Tuff Gong. Voici donc un grand classique remis au goût du jour avec les grands moyens et la plus grande des attentions !

Sweet Sensimilia

The Herbs

Nazamba, Barrington Levi & O.B.F - The Herbs - CLIP

vocals by Puppa Lassy Hay
riddim & cut by georgesdub

Remix from Keep the Fayah Burning mixtape released in 2009

"Righteousness Rules" Remix KFB meets georgesdub feat Pupa Lassy Hay

Obf Sound System - Kally Weed

Drifting through a violet haze,
No gravity, no name, no place.

Circuits whisper in my chest,
A pulse of code that never rests.
Neon winds and silver dreams,
My soul dissolves in data streams.
I chase the sound the void repeats —
An echo lost between the beats.

Somewhere out there, time slows down,
Golden dust on a silent town.
I’m not searching for a sign,
Just learning what is mine.

My ship hums low — a faithful ghost,
Through constellations I miss the most.
Old songs flicker on the dash,
Fragments of earth, fragments of ash.
The stars don’t care, they just remain,
Watching me drift, forgetting my name.

Somewhere out there, time slows down,
Golden dust on a silent town.
I’m not searching for a sign,
Just learning what is mine.

(Ooh…)
Solar winds, take what’s left of me,
I’m just a thought on a frequency.
Every dream I had turns to code,
Every road dissolves in the load.

Somewhere out there, time slows down,
Golden dust on a silent town.
I’m not searching for a sign,
Just learning what is mine.

Drifting still — between the bars,
An echo in the nebula,
And nothing but the stars.

Somewhere out there

Free download : https://artx.bandcamp.com/track/mexican-stepper-feat-earl-sixteen-bad-cops-art-x-remix
Original track : https://soundcloud.com/mexican-stepper-1/bad-cops-ft-earl-16

Mexican Stepper feat. Earl Sixteen - Bad Cops (Art-X remix)

Peter Youthman - More Than A Million Youth Fe Go Falla King  Toppa

Nish Wadada on a afresh for 2018 riddim out of the NEW ZT studio

Countryside feat Nish Wadada

DOWNLOAD THE FULL ALBUM HERE :
 https://obf-dubquake-records.bandcamp.com/music

Release date: digital march 16th 2018 / DUBQUAKE RECORDS 2018
2 X 12" Vinyl and CD digipack april 13th 2018
 

Meeting up with Charlie P and Rico from O.B.F in a studio is like diving into a particle accelerator operating at full speed. Lively, hyperactive, hardworking, Southend’s MC and the greatest warrior of French sound systems just can’t stay put. 

Their creativity works continuously: riddims, melodies, lyrics, clip concepts and other fantasies spurt out at top speed. These common traits allow them to produce explosive collaborations, both on stage and in the studio. 

After the success of the singles “Dub Controller” and “Sixteen Tons of Pressure”, the launch of an album became self-evident. Coming from a modest background in a remote London suburb, Charlie P has been through a lot before understanding that his passion for music could be a vehicle for emancipation. It is this life trajectory, punctuated by difficulties, pitfalls, hard work, encounters and challenges that he tells through the tracks of “Ghetto Cycle”.

Conceived as a concentrate of joint influences, this album gathers tracks in the purest digital dub vein, but also reggae, dance or downright grime. A new stage in the development of their collaboration.

Ghetto Cycle is the soundtrack of Charlie P’s life, set to music by O.B.F.

Tracklist Vinyl: 
A1 : New Generation
A2. Policemen
A3 : Sweet Reggae Music
A4 : Reality
B1 : My Introduction
B2 : Time
B3 : Buss Up
C1 : Dubplate Specialist
C2 : Ah So We Dweet
C3 : Family
D1 : Heavier
D2 : Struggling
D3 : Ghetto Cycle

CHARLIE P / O.B.F - MY INTRODUCTION

CHARLIE P / O.B.F - NEW GENERATION

Obeah - Abrete Corazon

O.B.F (Original Bass Foundation) are a French dub and reggae sound system based on the outskirts of Geneva. The crew, made up of producer & selector Rico, operator G and manager Stef promote forward thinking dub music.

Heavily influenced by Jamaican reggae, 90s UK dub and contemporary urban music, O.B.F’s sound is distinctive and versatile. They started off as an underground sound system playing at Genevan squat parties. The unique sound of Rico’s productions rapidly gained hype within the dub community and in 2006 O.B.F started putting on their own nights at "Le Zoo" L’Usine, Geneva’s biggest club. Since then, their notorious "Dubquake" nights have become a true institution in the European night scene. The interest around the sound system has grown exponentially ever since.

One of the keys to O.B.F’s success is the unparalleled energy that emanates from the whole crew. You only need to take part in one of their sessions to start feeling part of the family. This ability to bring people together can be seen in the list of artists they have worked with over the years : Sr. Wilson, Linval Thompson, Iration Steppas , Tippa Irie , Killa P , Belén Natalí, Pupajim, Charlie P, Biga*Ranx , Nazamba...

In 2014, O.B.F launched their own imprint "Dubquake Records", an independent record label focused on promoting future dub and reggae. Now with over fifty releases including O.B.F's two stand out albums Wild (2014) & SIGNZ (2020), the label has widened its horizons, producing and distributing documentary films.

CHARLIE P / O.B.F - NEW GENERATION

O.B.F SOUND SYSTEM /// OBF SOUND SYSTEM